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Afro-Caribbean expression - painted aluminum platters - Manzanillo, Limon Prov
$360.00
Code: CRFA047
Size: 15" (38.5 cms) diametre
Using the typical, classic crockery from local kitchens in Costa Rica's Limon Province, the aluminum enamelware plates, bowls and cups make for a dynamic canvas for Eugenia Barrionuevo's Afro-Caribbean studies that feature both portraits of locals as well as the iconic landscapes of the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Eugenia herself is a longtime resident of Manzanillo, a small fishing village just south, down the coast from Puerto Viejo, Limon. The artist is well known in here native Costa Rica having painted famous urban murals in the centre of Costa Rica's capital city San Jose. In San Jose, Eugenia has been the focus of various national arts exhibitions as well as having received several high-profile awards for her paintings of such cultural import for the nation and for her protracted career as a regional painter.
Size: 15" (38.5 cms) diametre
Using the typical, classic crockery from local kitchens in Costa Rica's Limon Province, the aluminum enamelware plates, bowls and cups make for a dynamic canvas for Eugenia Barrionuevo's Afro-Caribbean studies that feature both portraits of locals as well as the iconic landscapes of the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Eugenia herself is a longtime resident of Manzanillo, a small fishing village just south, down the coast from Puerto Viejo, Limon. The artist is well known in here native Costa Rica having painted famous urban murals in the centre of Costa Rica's capital city San Jose. In San Jose, Eugenia has been the focus of various national arts exhibitions as well as having received several high-profile awards for her paintings of such cultural import for the nation and for her protracted career as a regional painter.